Comments on: Scott Boras is trying to drum up interest in Jose Valverdehttp://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/21/scott-boras-is-trying-to-drum-up-interest-in-jose-valverde/
Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball.Mon, 03 Aug 2015 01:25:08 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: pogodog7http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/21/scott-boras-is-trying-to-drum-up-interest-in-jose-valverde/comment-page-1/#comment-430115
Tue, 22 Jan 2013 22:25:31 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=293492#comment-430115The only way this guy is worth anything is if they pay him by the pound. He is an obese pig.
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Tue, 22 Jan 2013 16:11:53 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=293492#comment-429776Good luck “Big Potato”. He gets a lot of grief from Detroit fans but i think he was great going 49-49 2 years ago. Leyland might have killed his confidence by putting him in on non save situations. We all knew he sux. He is a mental case, when his confidence is down, he completely sux when he is on he cant be hit. Not sure why anyone will take a chance on him. Way too many decent closers out there with better upside.
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Tue, 22 Jan 2013 13:44:54 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=293492#comment-429704A second-tier (or lower) guy doesn’t benefit by having Boras as his agent. Now that Valverde is in that group he should find an agent with better relationships with owners–he brings enough issues to the table all on his own.
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Tue, 22 Jan 2013 08:24:45 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=293492#comment-429687book it danno: attention is all they have for sale.
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Tue, 22 Jan 2013 07:02:12 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=293492#comment-429679“attention mongers” – so they are trying to sell attention?
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Tue, 22 Jan 2013 06:55:03 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=293492#comment-429677What does it mean that Boras “overplayed his hand”? Soriano got a $28 million contract. Do you think he would have gotten more if not for Boras?

“If MLB had a salary cap” then everything about salary negotiations would be different than it is now. A player’s (imagined) value under a salary cap is completely irrelevant to the current situation.

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Tue, 22 Jan 2013 05:31:34 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=293492#comment-429673Boras overplayed his hand RE Soriano. Once again, Nats bailout Boras. If MLB had a salary cap then Soriano is 6MM per year and Valverde would have an inverted base annual salary.
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Tue, 22 Jan 2013 05:31:01 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=293492#comment-429672hater
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Tue, 22 Jan 2013 04:20:36 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=293492#comment-429660As much as I’d love to see Boras try to explain to some of his high-profile clients why they’re not getting ANY offers, I know some dipstick owner or GM will fall for Scott’s line of BS. It only takes one fool.
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Tue, 22 Jan 2013 04:09:50 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=293492#comment-429657Heard the Rangers are looking for a closer with his postseason credentials. At least they could sign someone this offseason. Maybe he could play centerfield?
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Tue, 22 Jan 2013 02:19:21 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=293492#comment-429644his splitter is gone due to elbow fatigue, from some reports i read. caused him to throw his 92 mph meat right down the pipe with alarming frequency.

dude is cooked. buyer beware.

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Tue, 22 Jan 2013 01:16:23 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=293492#comment-429634Calling the suckers (the Lerners and IIitch),the Avengent Agent has another a closer for hire.
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Tue, 22 Jan 2013 01:08:19 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=293492#comment-429632No. Way. Both Valverde and Wilson are attention mongers. Who needs all that drama? Best thing to do is go with the guys who did a good job last season plus the new guys. Besides, Santos should be back. We good.
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Tue, 22 Jan 2013 00:36:35 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=293492#comment-429626Still wondering if the Jays are going to take a flyer on anybody like Valverde. I doubt they’d be much interested in Capps/Rauch/Cordero (the last two obviously), and I think they’d have to feel pretty decent about their bullpen as-is – certainly it’s good enough at least as much as most other bullpens are, with no real reason to overplay for anybody to shore up a glaring weakness, and with some really interesting upside dudes that spent seemingly nearly all of 2012 auditioning, such as Loup/Delebar/Lincoln and then your Cecils, etc..

But at the same time, a $2 million dollar deal for Valverde or Wilson would seem like a damn good signing – a steal even – for a team like the Jays, contenders with a “probably good enough” pen and their asses on the line for next season without the money or inclination to go after the ridiculous top-line relievers wanting multi-year deals. A Valverde or Wilson “no promises” rebuilding signing would have a lot, lot of upside for a team in the Jay’s position.

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Tue, 22 Jan 2013 00:01:07 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=293492#comment-429622So would Johnny Mathis.
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Tue, 22 Jan 2013 00:00:40 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=293492#comment-429621I’m not sure. A beaver would look better with it, frankly.
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Mon, 21 Jan 2013 23:48:14 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=293492#comment-429616Gene Smith would be all over this guy.
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Mon, 21 Jan 2013 23:33:31 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=293492#comment-429611I thought the Mets would sign him for 2 million or less until I saw Scott Boras was his agent. Maybe he will be available at the price 1 week before spring training and he will sign with the Mets.
Honestly, looking at that list and as I think about the Mets bullpen, I think the Mets should sign all of those guys to 1 year contracts worth 2 million dollars each.
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Mon, 21 Jan 2013 23:22:11 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=293492#comment-429609Why does the phrase “lipstick on a pig” come to mind?
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Mon, 21 Jan 2013 23:03:08 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=293492#comment-429608Bahahahahahahahahaha (gasp) hahahahahahahahahahahahaha….
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